Takao Ozawa

Takao Ozawa General Information

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Mr. Takao Ozawa serves as Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer at Z Holdings. He serves as Board Member at Machikoe. He is the former CEO of YJ Capital. He is also the President of Shopping Company at Yahoo Japan. He was also the Founder and served as Chief Executive Officer and President at Bizseek. Prior to Yahoo, he founded Bizseek, Inc. in 1999 which was acquired by Rakuten in 2001. He joined Rakuten after the acquisition and was the Corporate Officer in charge of auctions. During his career in Rakuten, he was engaged in projects such as the formation of Rakuten Eagles. He left Rakuten in 2006 and founded Ozawa Research Institute where he enhanced business in areas such as investments to start-up companies and consulting. In 2011, he founded Crocos, which was sold to Yahoo Japan in 2012. As an angel investor, he invested/founded companies like nanapi, Appgrooves, STARFESTIVAL, Crocos, Netage and many others.